The FREE Center wrapped up its second year of events and programming with the two-day Feminism in the Americas Symposium. The symposium was organized in collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). Two scholars traveled to OSU for the event: Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo, an Assistant Professor, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies and History from the University of Iowa, and Dr. Claudia Cabello Hutt, an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Philosophy, from George Mason University. 

On the first day of the event, Lina-Maria Murillo and Claudia Cabello Hutt facilitated a graduate student workshop on archives. Following the workshop was a welcome reception which featured live painting by local artist Cat Ramos, and poetry readings by graduate students HG Morrison and Andrea Armijos Echeverría, as well as Cat Ramos. 

The next day included presentations from Lina-Maria Murillo and Claudia Cabello Hut as well as a roundtable discussion on Teaching Transnational Feminisms. The panel featured the visiting scholars, and fabian romero, Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at OSU, and HG Morrison. The panel was moderated by Guisela Latorre, a faculty member in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at OSU.

Over 60 people attended the event, including graduate students, undergraduate students, and community members. Throughout the event, attendees were excited to engage with the visiting scholar's research and expertise. Discussions were lively and informative, and many made connections to the current socio-political moment.